Maintenance Technician

About This Role

The Maintenance Technician ensures equipment uptime through timely troubleshooting and repair of production, facilities, and auxiliary equipment. This role involves working independently and with a team to maintain industrial control systems for a bottled water manufacturing plant.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems using schematics, technical drawings, and testing equipment
• Repair equipment, fixtures, systems, conveyors, and other equipment at the facility
• Modify, lubricate, diagnose, and operate equipment in accordance with Niagara's defined processes
• Maintain industrial control systems
• Perform troubleshooting and repair of production equipment including injection molders, blow molders, fillers/cappers, labelers, case packers, conveyors, palletizers, and stretch wrappers
• Perform troubleshooting and repair of facilities and auxiliary equipment, such as chillers, air compressors, Reverse Osmosis, and other water filtration equipment
• Works directly with machine Operators, Supervisors, Preventative Maintenance Mechanics and Sr. Maintenance Technicians to resolve mechanical issues
• Propose solutions to complex and reoccurring problems on production equipment to Sr. Mechanics and Management
• Create and report repairs throughout shift, completing required work order paperwork, and documenting parts and material usage
• Understand and follow plant safety rules including safe lifting practices and safe machine operation

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in a maintenance field or similar environment
• 4+ years of experience in a maintenance position
• 4+ years of experience managing people/projects
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and resolve issues across multiple departments
• Basic experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic schematics
• Skilled in the use of shop equipment like hydraulic and mechanical presses, bench grinder, drill press, mill, lathe, and assorted power tools
• Proficient skills with precision measuring equipment such as calipers, dial indicators, bore gauges, and depth gauges
• Willingness to be a technical leader and trainer within a specific area of plant or machine center
• Own toolbox and basic tools

Qualifications

• High School Diploma
• 4+ years of experience in maintenance field or similar environment, including experience in a maintenance position and managing people/projects

Nice to Have

• Associate’s Degree in manufacturing, manufacturing technology, mechatronics, industrial manufacturing, manufacturing automation, or other similar manufacturing-related specialization
• 6+ years of experience in maintenance field or similar manufacturing environment
• 6+ years of experience working in a maintenance position
• 6+ years of experience managing people/projects
• Experience in high-speed manufacturing, bottling, beverage, packaging, or plastics industries
• Experience with Variable Frequency Drive (VFD), servo drives, and servo motors
• Experience with rotary equipment such as rotary press or filler
• Experience with thermodynamics, heat transfer, or plastics processing
• Experience with Krones, Sidel, or Husky equipment
• Experience with HVAC including chillers and/or air compressors
• Experience working with electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic schematics for troubleshooting
• Skilled in fabrication capabilities such as cutting and welding (mig, tig or stick)
• Skilled working with electrical systems including 480VAC & 24VDC power
• Ability to read and interpret schematics for process and instrumentation diagrams
• Skilled in the repair of variable frequency drives, servo motors and controllers, communication systems (asi-bus, can-bus, profi-bus, ethernet), PLC input/output cards, and safety modules

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits